Penny's P.O.V.

Dr. Bender had left half an hour ago. Darwin was splashing water all over the place. I turned my head to look at Darwin.

"Don't worry, Darwin; I'm going to get us out of here," I said, pulling at the ropes. Man, my head was hurting. Darwin flapped his tail up and down furiously. I sighed; this was getting very annoying. A couple minutes later, Dr. Bender walked back into the room. He gave Darwin and I another shot, then he checked the monitors and left once again. I yanked at the ropes one more time and then sat back. This is hopeless! Darwin shook his head, trying to get out of the thing that had him held to the side of the pool.

Lucas's P.O.V. {seaQuest}

I was sitting by the moon pool. I couldn't stand this, I needed to do something. At that moment, the doc walked into the room.

"Did they find her?" I asked. Doc shook her head. I sighed.

"Hey, don't worry; they're going to find her. It's just going to take some time," Doc reassured me and wrapped me in a hug. I hugged her back.

"I know they will; I just can't help but worry about her," I replied.

"I know, I know. Hey, when you and Penny were missing I was so worried about you guys, but I knew that we would find you two," she said. I smiled at her.

"Thanks," I said. She smiled back at me...

Penny's P.O.V.

Another half an hour had gone by, and my head was killing me. Dr. Bender walked back into the room. He gave Darwin and I yet another shot.

"What exactly are you trying to do?" I asked. He smiled.

"I'm trying to connect you two. I want to make it so that you don't need some device to talk with Darwin. You'd be able to actually know what he was thinking. You wouldn't have to guess what was going through his mind because you'd be able to hear what he was thinking at that exact moment," he ranted. I gave him a funny look.

"Okay, let me get this straight; you have a way to make it so that I can hear Darwin's thoughts?" I asked.

"Yes, and he'd be able to hear your thoughts," he replied. I was correct; this man is insane.

"And what makes you think that you can actually make it so that I can hear his thoughts?" I asked.

"Well, I managed to make it happen last time, but it is best to have several trials just to make sure that the experiment is a success," he stated.

"Really, you actually made it so that someone could hear an animal's thoughts?" I questioned, slightly intrigued. He nodded his head. Okay, well, maybe he's not completely insane. What am I thinking? Of course he's insane; he's doing experiments on people and animals.

"As you know experimenting on humans, and animal's was outlawed in the 1940's," I told him.

"That may be true, but I can't get in trouble if no one knows what I'm doing," He replied. I groaned.

"Man, I have such a headache," I mumbled.

"That's normal. Both yours and Darwin's brains are… I guess you could say rewiring…to allow you two to hear each other's thoughts," he explained. I had to admit the guy was a bit of a genius. But that didn't change anything; I was still going to kill him! Darwin nodded his head furiously splashing water all over the place. Dr. Bender smiled and looked back and forth between Darwin and me.

"You can already hear his thoughts, can't you?" he asked.

"No, I can't," I said.

"Hm, well maybe he can hear yours?" he said smiling. He looked over at the monitors.

"Well, I have some things to do," he said, walking out of the room. I groaned. The only good thing about this was that while he was giving me that dang shot, I managed to swipe his keys. I twisted one of the key so that the notches were against the ropes. It may take a while, but I should be able to cut through the ropes, slowly…